enough material to furnish forth a faithful picture of facts, manners, thoughts, the very soil and origin of the vicissitudes through which we are passing to-day.
The same thing is happening even now before our eyes.    The paper is very much alive;   and it will prove a rich asset to historians in the future. It seizes the contemporary idea.    It holds to moderation.    Lord  Burnham  himself  has   long  stood  for an increase of comprehensiveness ;   just as he has stood for the higher interests of journalism.   Into every corner of the craft, and its manifold workings, he penetrates  with unfailing consideration for the human element.     He has done much for the mechanical side; whilst he has given special attention to   the   requirements   of  those   who   more   strictly represent the professional side.    The result is that by common consent he takes his place where there is naturally a place reserved for him :   I mean, of course, at the top.    From that altitude he exercises a  gentle  sway,  a benevolent  rule;    one  which  is always directed by kindness, and in matters of charity rises to munificence.
Lord Burnham is now President of the Institute
of Journalists, and he also presides over the Empire
Press  Union,  and many  other kindred bodies.    It
was the late Lord Northcliffe, the godfather, if not
,	the parent, of many a journalistic innovation, who
(	hailed him, in 1919, with a compliment worthy of
j	record.    The   occasion   was   the  presentation  of st-
portrait.    The compliment took a quadruple form.
I	Lord  Burnham was   eminent, the  speaker  pointed
c	out, as a commander of men, as a legislator, as a
philanthropic worker, and as " the chief oratoi? of
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